Vaccination | 2018 August Get Fit E-Newsletter

August is Vaccination Month with Get Fit!

Vaccinations and Immunizations offers children and adults lifesaving opportunities to prevent and even eradicate disease. Get Fit encourages those who are physically capable to obtain necessary vaccinations.

About Vaccines

Whether it’s the common cold or a strain of the flu, no one enjoys getting sick. It goes without saying that more serious illnesses not only make you feel terrible, but they can present major risks to your health. Fortunately, vaccines have proven to be extremely effective in preventing a host of diseases and conditions.

Latest News

Delaying Vaccines Increases Risks—with No Added Benefits

Some parents delay vaccines out of a misinformed belief that it’s safer, but that decision actually increases the risk of a seizure after vaccination and leaves children at risk for disease longer.
Read more at Scientific American…

Here’s Why Vaccines Are So Crucial

If children in poor countries got the shots that rich countries take for granted, hundreds of thousands of young lives could be saved.
Read more at National Geographic…

The facts about vaccinations

Whether it’s the common cold or a strain of the flu, no one enjoys getting sick. It goes without saying that more serious illnesses not only make you feel terrible, but they can present major risks to your health.
Read more at Mayo Clinic…